Bernard Hopkins

The legendary Bernard Hopkins explains how to tango with every boxer’s most essential dance partner: the heavy bag. Perfect Execution, the popular illustrated technical guide to boxing is back as a regular feature in the pages of THE RING magazine. That includes the May 2015 issue, which is on newsstands now.

Fans from the U.S., UK and Canada share their thoughts on Sergey Kovalev, Gennady Golovkin, Roman Gonzalez, Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., as well as numerous mythical matchups and other subjects in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Fans share their thoughts on the Canelo Alvarez-James Kirkland fight, potential super middleweight title matchups between the Dirrell brothers and James DeGale and George Groves, Premier Boxing Champions, mythical matchups and more in this week’s Friday mailbag.

During a Wednesday press conference announcing his March 14 challenge to IBF/WBO/WBA light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev, former champ Jean Pascal said the version of Bernard Hopkins that Kovalev beat was not as good as the version he fought in 2010/2011.

Bernard Hopkins, who turns 50 on Jan. 15, will celebrate his birthday wearing his promoter’s hat on Jan. 20 when a Golden Boy Live! show headlined by the Eric Hunter-Rene Alvarado junior lightweight fight at the 2300 Arena in Hopkins’ hometown of Philadelphia.